Word: hope
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...gilded, gaslight age, the cave dwellers (native Washington society) took over. The last of their queens were wealthy Mrs. John R. McLean, a Virginia lady of formidable presence, and her convivial, raucous daughter-in-law, Evalyn Walsh McLean, who died in 1947. Evalyn wore a diamond (the Hope) as big as a tiger's eye, and called men impartially "darlin' boy." At her crowded parties (at the old and new "Friendship"), men had to bring their brains with them; Evalyn delighted in pairing mortal enemies at dinner. Said an old friend, admiringly: "Evalyn had spite...
Against this powerful threat Ulen can only hope for a reversal of the time-clock evidence...
...campaign a limited number of parents were invited to make contributions," Hunneman wrote, "with the result that 108 parents have thus far subscribed $10,500 to the total now in hand. We are now asking every parent to consider carefully the claims of Radcliffe on their generosity . . . We hope that every parent will find it possible to make a contribution, however small...
Seventy-four percent of the freshman class cast their ballots in the election, which was supervised by the Student Council's Freshman Affairs Committee. Bawdy sex in campaign themes was prevented by this Committee with the hope that the entire Jubilee can be kept under control...
...Matthiessen, professor of English Literature, spent a summer at the Seminar, and published a description of it in his recent book. "From the Heart of Europe." He wrote, "It was the greatest teaching experience I have ever had and ever hope to have...